Eric T. Jennings

Perspectives on French Colonial Madagascar (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137559678
• Artikelnr.: 56792475

Autorenporträt

Inhaltsangabe

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1. Introduction
I. Health, Power and Vulnerability
2. Disease and Conquest
3. Rabies and Resistance
II. The Great Island in Global Conflict, 1914-1945
4. The Black Angel of Antananarivo
5. Tyranny in the Wartime Central Highlands
III. The Mystery of Malagasy Origins
6. Writing Madagascar Back into the Madagascar Plan
7. Recasting Madagascar: Village Structures, Racial Anthropology, and the Meanings of Cliff Markings

Rezensionen

"The most interesting aspect of the book is the way it shows how individuals can turn out to play decisive parts in both the making of colonial politics and its application. ... Jennings's book is well-researched and an enjoyable read. It will inarguably prove valuable to scholars and students of colonialism and French history." (Violaine Tisseau, The American Historical Review, Vol. 124 (2), April, 2019)

"Jennings's well-written study discusses the colony's devastating sanitary crisis on the islands of Nosy Be, Nosy Komba, and Sainte-Marie (caused by malarial and typhoid fevers, dysentery, smallpox ... . this book would be interesting to historians, anthropologists, and French teachers, and could be used as a reader in courses discussing France's colonial history,which all too often focus solely on Algeria." (Christa Jones, French Review, Vol. 92 (3), March, 2019)